jpdb beta

straight line

1

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

1

to be charmed by

1

guidebook; guide

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

1

to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

1

dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)

1

to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age

3

place of destination

2

to build; to construct

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

2

sea bird

1

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

1

water's surface

2

semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)

1

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

1

same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

1

when; how soon; how long until

1

to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

2

opening gate

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

antiquity; ancient times

1

Japan; Japanese-style

12

(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

1

foreign; abroad; overseas

2

difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

2

posterity; future generations

1

Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)

2

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

2

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

1

lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster

1

earth; world

1

fault; defect; minor; 5-point card

1

weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

1

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

must not; may not

1

the whole country

1

form; shape; figure; visage

1

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

4

his style; her style; his way (of); her way (of)

1

Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

3

Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)

14

consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

3

mountains and seas

1

sutra; Buddhist scriptures

1